96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3492

 

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. John J. Millner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-95

    Provides that every person who has been twice convicted in any state or federal court of a felony offense that contains the same element of the intentional or knowing infliction of great bodily harm, permanent disability or permanent disfigurement as the felony offense for which the person is now to be sentenced and the current offense was committed after the 2 prior convictions, shall be adjudged an habitual violent offender. Provides that, except when the death penalty is imposed, anyone adjudged a habitual violent offender shall be sentenced to a term of natural life imprisonment.


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1     AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
5 changing Section 5-4.5-95 as follows:
 
6     (730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-95)
7     Sec. 5-4.5-95. GENERAL RECIDIVISM PROVISIONS.
8     (a) HABITUAL CRIMINALS.
9         (1) Every person who has been twice convicted in any
10     state or federal court of an offense that contains the same
11     elements as an offense now (the date of the offense
12     committed after the 2 prior convictions) classified in
13     Illinois as a Class X felony, criminal sexual assault,
14     aggravated kidnapping, or first degree murder, and who is
15     thereafter convicted of a Class X felony, criminal sexual
16     assault, or first degree murder, committed after the 2
17     prior convictions, shall be adjudged an habitual criminal.
18         (2) The 2 prior convictions need not have been for the
19     same offense.
20         (3) Any convictions that result from or are connected
21     with the same transaction, or result from offenses
22     committed at the same time, shall be counted for the
23     purposes of this Section as one conviction.

 

 

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1         (4) This Section does not apply unless each of the
2     following requirements are satisfied:
3             (A) The third offense was committed after July 3,
4         1980.
5             (B) The third offense was committed within 20 years
6         of the date that judgment was entered on the first
7         conviction; provided, however, that time spent in
8         custody shall not be counted.
9             (C) The third offense was committed after
10         conviction on the second offense.
11             (D) The second offense was committed after
12         conviction on the first offense.
13         (5) Except when the death penalty is imposed, anyone
14     adjudged an habitual criminal shall be sentenced to a term
15     of natural life imprisonment.
16         (6) A prior conviction shall not be alleged in the
17     indictment, and no evidence or other disclosure of that
18     conviction shall be presented to the court or the jury
19     during the trial of an offense set forth in this Section
20     unless otherwise permitted by the issues properly raised in
21     that trial. After a plea or verdict or finding of guilty
22     and before sentence is imposed, the prosecutor may file
23     with the court a verified written statement signed by the
24     State's Attorney concerning any former conviction of an
25     offense set forth in this Section rendered against the
26     defendant. The court shall then cause the defendant to be

 

 

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1     brought before it; shall inform the defendant of the
2     allegations of the statement so filed, and of his or her
3     right to a hearing before the court on the issue of that
4     former conviction and of his or her right to counsel at
5     that hearing; and unless the defendant admits such
6     conviction, shall hear and determine the issue, and shall
7     make a written finding thereon. If a sentence has
8     previously been imposed, the court may vacate that sentence
9     and impose a new sentence in accordance with this Section.
10         (7) A duly authenticated copy of the record of any
11     alleged former conviction of an offense set forth in this
12     Section shall be prima facie evidence of that former
13     conviction; and a duly authenticated copy of the record of
14     the defendant's final release or discharge from probation
15     granted, or from sentence and parole supervision (if any)
16     imposed pursuant to that former conviction, shall be prima
17     facie evidence of that release or discharge.
18         (8) Any claim that a previous conviction offered by the
19     prosecution is not a former conviction of an offense set
20     forth in this Section because of the existence of any
21     exceptions described in this Section, is waived unless duly
22     raised at the hearing on that conviction, or unless the
23     prosecution's proof shows the existence of the exceptions
24     described in this Section.
25         (9) If the person so convicted shows to the
26     satisfaction of the court before whom that conviction was

 

 

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1     had that he or she was released from imprisonment, upon
2     either of the sentences upon a pardon granted for the
3     reason that he or she was innocent, that conviction and
4     sentence shall not be considered under this Section.
5     (a-5) HABITUAL VIOLENT OFFENDER.
6         (1) Every person who has been twice convicted in any
7     state or federal court of a felony offense that contains
8     the same element of the intentional or knowing infliction
9     of great bodily harm, permanent disability or permanent
10     disfigurement as the felony offense for which the person is
11     now to be sentenced and the current offense was committed
12     after the 2 prior convictions, shall be adjudged an
13     habitual violent offender.
14         (2) The 2 prior convictions need not have been for the
15     same offense.
16         (3) Any convictions that result from or are connected
17     with the same transaction, or result from offenses
18     committed at the same time, shall be counted for the
19     purposes of this subsection as one conviction.
20         (4) This subsection does not apply unless each of the
21     following requirements are satisfied:
22             (A) The person was sentenced to a term of
23         imprisonment on the first and second offenses.
24             (B) The third offense was committed after December
25         31, 2010.
26             (C) The third offense was committed within 20 years

 

 

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1         of the date that judgment was entered on the first
2         conviction; provided, however, that time spent in
3         custody shall not be counted.
4             (D) The third offense was committed after
5         conviction on the second offense.
6             (E) The second offense was committed after
7         conviction on the first offense.
8         (5) Except when the death penalty is imposed, anyone
9     adjudged a habitual violent offender shall be sentenced to
10     a term of natural life imprisonment.
11         (6) A prior conviction shall not be alleged in the
12     indictment, and no evidence or other disclosure of that
13     conviction shall be presented to the court or the jury
14     during the trial of an offense set forth in this subsection
15     unless otherwise permitted by the issues properly raised in
16     that trial. After a plea or verdict or finding of guilty
17     and before sentence is imposed, the prosecutor may file
18     with the court a verified written statement signed by the
19     State's Attorney concerning any former conviction of an
20     offense set forth in this subsection rendered against the
21     defendant. The court shall then cause the defendant to be
22     brought before it; shall inform the defendant of the
23     allegations of the statement so filed, and of his or her
24     right to a hearing before the court on the issue of that
25     former conviction and of his or her right to counsel at
26     that hearing; and unless the defendant admits such

 

 

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1     conviction, shall hear and determine the issue, and shall
2     make a written finding thereon. If a sentence has
3     previously been imposed, the court may vacate that sentence
4     and impose a new sentence in accordance with this
5     subsection.
6         (7) A duly authenticated copy of the record of any
7     alleged former conviction of an offense set forth in this
8     subsection shall be prima facie evidence of that former
9     conviction; and a duly authenticated copy of the record of
10     the defendant's final release or discharge from probation
11     granted, and from sentence and parole supervision imposed
12     pursuant to that former conviction, shall be prima facie
13     evidence of that release and discharge.
14         (8) Any claim that a previous conviction offered by the
15     prosecution is not a former conviction of an offense set
16     forth in this subsection because of the existence of any
17     exceptions described in this subsection, is waived unless
18     duly raised at the hearing on that conviction, or unless
19     the prosecution's proof shows the existence of the
20     exceptions described in this subsection.
21         (9) If the person so convicted shows to the
22     satisfaction of the court before whom that conviction was
23     had that he or she was released from imprisonment, upon
24     either of the sentences upon a pardon granted for the
25     reason that he or she was innocent, that conviction and
26     sentence shall not be considered under this subsection.

 

 

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1     (b) When a defendant, over the age of 21 years, is
2 convicted of a Class 1 or Class 2 felony, after having twice
3 been convicted in any state or federal court of an offense that
4 contains the same elements as an offense now (the date the
5 Class 1 or Class 2 felony was committed) classified in Illinois
6 as a Class 2 or greater Class felony and those charges are
7 separately brought and tried and arise out of different series
8 of acts, that defendant shall be sentenced as a Class X
9 offender. This subsection does not apply unless:
10         (1) the first felony was committed after February 1,
11     1978 (the effective date of Public Act 80-1099);
12         (2) the second felony was committed after conviction on
13     the first; and
14         (3) the third felony was committed after conviction on
15     the second.
16     A person sentenced as a Class X offender under this
17 subsection (b) is not eligible to apply for treatment as a
18 condition of probation as provided by Section 40-10 of the
19 Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act (20 ILCS
20 301/40-10).
21 (Source: P.A. 95-1052, eff. 7-1-09.)